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Science and Technology Facilities Council

Research funded by Science and Technology Facilities Council

Funded awards
8,803
Published funding
£3.0B
Average published award
£511K
Active funded awards
1,395

Amounts are published for 5,794 of 8,803 funded awards.

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Science and Technology Facilities Council funds most in Physics & Astronomy — 5,806 grants (66%). Its largest recipient is University of Cambridge, with 565 grants.

Funded Awards by Year

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YearFunded awards
2006112
2007181
2008318
2009279
2010339
2011275
2012389
2013269
2014357
2015600
2016531
2017681
2018549
2019583
2020636
2021642
2022626
2023667
2024630
2025135

Grants

Particle Physics Rolling Grant 2009—STFC£18.9M2010Completed
Oxford Particle Physics Rolling Grant 2006 (New pay arrangements have yet to be implemented)—STFC£18.1M2006Completed
The Cockcroft Institute - An International Centre for Accelerator Research and Development serving aspirations of science and societyUniversity of LiverpoolSTFC£16.4M2009Completed
Institute for Particle Physics PhenomenologyDurham UniversitySTFC£15.9M2008Completed
The University of Liverpool, Department of Physics Particle Physics Rolling GrantUniversity of LiverpoolSTFC£15.2M2010Completed
Imperial College Particle Physics Experiment Consolidated GrantImperial College LondonSTFC£7.0M2025Active
Oxford Particle Physics Consolidated Grant 2024—STFC£5.0M2025Active
PP Consolidated Grant 2025-2029University of LiverpoolSTFC£4.7M2025Active
Manchester Particle Physics Consolidated Grant 2025-2029University of ManchesterSTFC£3.4M2025Active
Investigations in Gravitational RadiationUniversity of GlasgowSTFC£2.8M2025Active
Experimental Particle Physics at the University of EdinburghUniversity of EdinburghSTFC£2.4M2025Active
The Study of High Energy Experimental Particle Physics Cambridge STFC CG 2025-29University of CambridgeSTFC£2.2M2025Active
BirminghamParticlePhysicsConsolidatedGrantsSubmission2024University of BirminghamSTFC£2.2M2025Active
Bristol Particle Physics Consolidated Grant 2025-29University of BristolSTFC£1.8M2025Active
Exploring the gravitational-wave universeCardiff UniversitySTFC£1.8M2025Active
Lancaster EPP Consolidated Grant 2025-2029Lancaster UniversitySTFC£1.8M2025Active
Particle Physics Consolidated Grant from the University of Sheffield: Energy Frontier, Neutrinos, Dark Matter and R&DUniversity of SheffieldSTFC£1.7M2025Active
Experimental Consolidated Grant for RHUL 2024Royal Holloway University of LondonSTFC£1.5M2025Active
SussexEPPCG2024University of SussexSTFC£966K2025Active
Gravitational wave explorations of the Universe with LIGOUniversity of BirminghamSTFC£906K2025Active

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